[LargeFormat] DIY Focusing Cloth and Blankies

[Stuart Phillips]

This has got to be one of the strangest threads I've ever read. Half of
these home-made solutions are more expensive than the cheaper focus cloths
on the market! What an iconoclastic bunch!
Karl, size 12? Thank God you don't shoot 8x10 :)

(I shudder to think what Uncle Dick uses.)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Karl Wolz" <wolzphoto@worldnet.att.net>
To: <largeformat@f32.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 1:39 AM
Subject: RE: [LargeFormat] DIY Focusing Cloth


> I use a size 12 ladies black skirt for 4x5.  It has a waist tie for
> cinching around the back of the camera and a zipper which allows easy
> access for a focusing loupe.
>
> I enjoy looking up ladies skirts anyway, so . . .
>
> ;-)
>
> Karl Wolz
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: largeformat-admin@f32.net [mailto:largeformat-admin@f32.net] On
> Behalf Of Dan Andrews
> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 9:42 AM
> To: largeformat@f32.net
> Subject: [LargeFormat] DIY Focusing Cloth
>
> Does anyone have a pattern or advice for a Do-It-Yourself Focusing
> Cloth?  Rather than pay $30 to $40 at a shop, I figured I could buy some
> black fabric and get someone with a sewing machine to do me a favor.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Dan Andrews
>
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